teens are charged, with some related offences, nonetheless michael chitwood of the township's police kept is furious. >> upper darby superintendent of police, puts it, a gang of armed teens went on a carjacking spree in the township earlier this month, terrorizing women exiting their cars late at night. police showed us the masks and this rifle they allegedly used. >> they steel two cars, and they have one woman over the head and then they put this long gun to the neck of another one and they pulled the trigger to the point where she collapsed on the ground, figuring she's going to get shot or was shot. >> reporter: string of robbery started sunday october 2nd. detectives say six teens pulled out guns and hit a would hanover the head of the corner of delco and sunshine. they then stole her mercedes e350, an hour and a half later in the 7400 block of miller. and police said they pulled this rifle on the victim and pulled the trigger, it didn't

fire. >> these days, they were looking to hurt somebody in a period and if you resist, you got a problem. >> reporter: october 4th another carjacking, police say at 2:00 in the morning the teens took a woman's subaru at park view and oakly. three days later plainclothes officers encountered three teens and arrested them. police say a 13 year-old from hunting park was carrying this rifle, in his pants. >> this guy, kids going these guys are hooked up, they are 13 year-old you are a hold up hand, stick up man, armed with the gun. >> reporter: those living where this happened are concerned. >> everybody is up in arms about it. you know, my mother lives down the street. we're all concerned. >> reporter: now that 13 year-old is facing weapons charges and other teen is charged with receiving stolen property. now coming up at 6:00 michael chitwood tells cbs-3 he is going to use every resource possible in his department to bring these teens to justice and make an arrest, and he

holds nothing back, i will see new an hour. live in upper darby township, joe holden, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> see you then, thank you. campaign 2016, republican donald trump continues to fight a battle within his own battle while democrat hillary clinton remains mired in e-mail troubles. >> if i lucy will be so angry at florida. >> reporter: donald trump is stumping in must win florida where he suggested both parties in congress let hillary clinton's e-mail scandal fly. >> did they make a deal that they protect everybody in scandal. >> reporter: he talked about the latest e-mail leaks. >> the wiki leaks e-mail show hillary clinton's staff has to give her secret notes on when she needs to smile. smile, hillary, smile. >>ortryi to rebound from a 2005 video in which he made lewd comments about women. a former miss arizona says it is not just trump's word troubling, she claims billion air insisted on meeting miss

u.s.a. contestants in the the with men's dressing room. >> he came stralling right in, there was no second to put the a robe honor any clothing, some girls were topless, others were naked. >> reporter: latest poll shows one quarter of the elect top republicans won't endorse trump, but his running mate, down played party infighting. >> overwhelming majority of leaders are joining with millions of americans. >> reporter: clinton is trying to win over disgruntled republicans while media sifts through hacked e-mails from john podesta. >> in this election we will demonstrate that america is better than what donald trump says and represents. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence says that russia is behind the hack. >> a parent on behalf of mr. trump i think should be of utmost concern to all americans. >> reporter: trump campaign denies it is working with the russians. in a rare move, the salt

lake city tribune has endorsed democrat hillary clinton. conservative newspaper, called trump quote a astoundingly unfit to be president. survivors of the sexual assault protested outside trump's campaign office at trump tower in new york. they called for women to reject both the republican presidential nominee and republican party, after leak video from that 2005 featured trump making lewd vulgar comments about women. ivanka trump will be stumping for her father tomorrow in malvern, drexel hill and bucks county. trump has been promoting the republican nominee's child care plan on the campaign trail. it is come down to the wire. we are 26 days away from the the election. mayor and health commissioner are pre posing new rules to lower philadelphia's addiction to smoking. the health reporter stephanie stahl first reported yesterday, the city proposals could limit number of stores

that sell cigarettes, and other tobacco products. proposal would cap number of stores selling tobacco. another row postal if a stories caught selling tobacco to minors three times in the two year san, it could lose tobacco license. >> low income neighborhood have many more stores selling cigarettes then high income neighborhoods and in those neighborhood many tobacco retailers are right next to the schools. some of these stores continue to sell cigarettes in children, even though it is against the law. it is unfair, wrong for kids to develop deadly habit of smoking just because of the neighborhood that they have to grow up in. report. >> in one case health department found tobacco ads at high level. in camden county a car crashes this is garage in winslow township, this happened in the 100 block of state highway 73 south around noon time today. police say an eight three-year old woman was turning in the driveway when her car was hit from behind by a ford pick up. woman's car crashed into a detached garage, part of that

garage collapsed, trapping the woman, and first responders freed her. she was taken to the hospital for evaluation, there were no other injuries and winslow police are now investigating. crews are busy on the campus of temple university trying to fix a water main break, this happened just before noon at 13th and norris street in north philadelphia we are told dormitory is still without water and could be without water throughout the night. university officials are headaching plans to help students who are affect. crash involving chickens shuts down a busy highway this delaware, tractor trailer carrying chickens hit another tractor trailer on route one southbound in smyrna, new castle county. there were no human injuries but many of the chickens were killed. close call last night at newark international airport has two planes clipped wings. united airlines jet just landed safely, it was on its way to the gate when it hit a lufthansa aircraft repositioned. those planes were checked for damage, no injuries were

reported. federal investigators say small plane that crashed on to a street in east hartford, connecticut yesterday was flown in the ground on purpose. student pilot was killed and flight instructor was seriously injured. the plane went down just steps from pratt and whitney a defense contractor that makes engines for military aircraft. officials now say that it was a suicide. temple university is officially under new leadership, trustees voted last night to a point richard engler t, who has been acting president since july since trustees ousted neil theobald. he has earned an outstanding reputation over the course of his 40 year career at temple. one of the big issues he inherits the controversial proposal to build a stadium on campus. fire prevention week in philadelphia, today at fire academy fire department held a series of burn demonstrations to drive home just how quickly fires can start and then get out of control. fire commissioner adam tiehl

was among those taking part in the demonstration, monk top causes of fire in philadelphia, improperly discarded smoking materials overloaded electrical outlets, and candles. the fire commissioner's stressed the importance of having a working smoke detector. it is another cool, crisp autumn day but it looks like that won't be the story the rest of the week, meteorologist kate the bilo on the sky deck to tell us what is up about sinking temperatures. >> temperatures are up, definitely feeling warmer today then it was yesterday and tomorrow will get warmer, still as we head back to the 70's a few spots did get in the 70's today, warming trend not going to last all that long. the lets take a quick peak at storm scan three. you can see not the a lot going on. i'll tell you up here it is blue sky and sunshine as far as eyes can see. notice front heading toward us producing showers over the great lakes right now in the midwest and that will squeak through tomorrow afternoon and put an end to the brief little warming trend but we just hit

70 at the airport in philadelphia, making it our high, 67 in reading. sixty-eight in allentown. sixty-five right now in at atlantic city. coming up with the full forecast, that warming trend it doesn't last too long i'll tell you when temperatures drop once again and we have a few showers in the forecast, one chance tomorrow and another chance as we head toward end of the five day and i'll tell you when that is with the seven day when i join you inside in just a a few minutes, for now, back over to you. area students are showing their support for breast cancer awareness month. >> chopper three over gwynedd mercy academy elementary school in spring house montgomery county for a living breast cancer ribbon. this is in honor of the long time fifth grade teacher who is on medical leave. today is breast cancer dress down day at the school. they also raise money for breast cancer research. as we continue tonight a massive car recall, why makers say they could role away, details after the break, cleve. water testing results are in and there are high lead levels at several public

schools in trenton. coming up what an expert says needs to be done. number of teens involved in deadly crashes is on the rise, and why you may think it is because of texting and driving, it is not. what is number one causes, and why some say parents are actual toy blame, tori. this is such a beautiful day outside so i decided to tag along with park side elementary their fifth grade class to do team building challenges on a field trip. there is a lot of communication and teamwork that needs to happen? did they

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roughly two to six dollars more per month, that makes it the smallest increase to date. number of the teenagers involved this deadly car crashes is rising for the first time in nearly a decade and some say parents are part of this problem. chris van cleve explains some of the top mistakes happening behind the wheel. >> reporter: donovan testmer was about to start his senior year with high school. the teen's girlfriend was speeding, lost control and hit a tree. donovan was not wearing a seat belt. he was ejected and killed instantly. >> i cannot even describe what it felt like in that moment, to be standing on the crash site looking down at the a yellow tarp knowing that my son was underneath it. >> reporter: almost a decade later speeding remains the top mistake teens make behind the wheel. of the nearly 14,000 fatal crashes involving teen drivers over the last five years, more than 4200 involved speed. >> i think one of the kind of disturbing things that is not getting any better.

>> reporter: tara johnson from triple a says its survey found parent were more guilty of bad driving then their teens. 65 percent complain that parents were worse then teaching their children to drive then a decade ago. >> when parents set strict rules before their teen before they get behind the wheel those teens have less crashes. >> reporter: after speed the most common mistake teens make is distract driving. >> i thought it was snap chatting actually because he had it up like this but he was texting. >> reporter: for that violation, christian castleano got a ticket. >> do you text and drive a lot. >> no, normally. my friend started driving, so after that i started doing it. i was running late, getting my oil change. >> reporter: third big mistake is not properly scanning the road for hazard. this teen failed to net is another car running the red light. >> stop, hit the brakes. >> reporter: chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> toy yet ace recalling some of its hybrid prius cars for

parking brake defect. toyota says when carries not in park parking brake cable can disengage and vehicle can roll. toyota has received reports of injuries and death so it is recalling 340,000 cars worldwide, 94,000 of those are in north america, and the recalled cars were built between august 2015 and october of 2016. major rivers in north carolina will be at flood stage for the rest of the week because of all of the rain from hurricane matthew n lumberton north carolina, crews have been using a 5-ton truck to ferry dozens of people to higher ground, most of the people in need of rescue in lumberton have been reached by crews at this point, north carolina's governor told people to stop ignoring evacuation orders and to stop driving around barricades on flooded roads. >> we're not messing around and we do not want to put people at risk, to save you once you make that decision report 135,000 people in north carolina are still without power, and power poles and

power lines got swept away by flood waters. >> matthew certainly left its mark. >> yes, crazy flooding down there. >> for real. >> kate joins us now our forecast. yeah that was crazy. >> our forecast is looking great. we have had a stretch of beautiful days. you may have felt increase in temperatures today back in the 70's, creeping up, warming trend happening as we head into tomorrow but it will not last. we are back to crisp october weather as we head toward weekend. you will need to pull jackets out or pull that extra blanket on the bed you had earlier in the week when lows were in the 30's and 40's. we are heading back to that by the week ebb. in the meantime we have great days to look ahead to. let's start off with what is happening outside right now. it looks like a beautiful day. we will go live, to the sun shining, it is beautiful, this is our camera at cbs broadcast center looking out toward spring garden section of the city and a great finish to what has been a pleasant day. we had a few clouds this morning as we talked about yesterday, clouds broke up in the afternoon and now it is nothing but sunshine. looking similar up to the

poconos with the junior/senior school in bernville, it is 65 degrees. just a few clouds and blue skies, feeling pretty nice outside this afternoon. not too hot or cool basically just right. storm scan three shows clear skies all up and down the north east but you can see is what heading our way. this next front moving through the midwest and the northern plains, great lakes states picking up a few scattered showers here this afternoon this front doesn't have a lot the with it and i suspect it won't have much when it comes through our area tomorrow. we will talk about this storm. look at nicole, strengthening, lot at eye heading right for that little bit which is island of bermuda and that storm is continuing to strengthen. closer to home when you wake up tomorrow it is not as chilly. 54 degrees the morning low in philadelphia. fifty in reading. forty-eight in trenton. fifty-three in atlantic city. certainly no frost advisory to be concerned about overnight and tomorrow you won't need heavier jacket, i put my kid in the puffy vests past couple days. good compromise this time of the year.

tomorrow morning will be feeling nice and in the afternoon not bad either. let's time out that front. as we head through thursday we will start off with good amount of sun. few clouds by midday and then note thinks front crossing the area around 2:00 o'clock. doesn't have a ton with it but will produce clouds and the scattered showers from the poconos down in the western suburbs. 3:00 p.m. that moves out. by this time tomorrow we will start to see skies clearing, and then feel those temperatures begin to drop, again overnight tomorrow night into friday. but speaking of the warm up look at this temperature outlook as we head into next week much of the north east, midwest, mid-atlantic expected to be much above average right through next week, the warmth will return back to the 70's next week. here's a live look at nicole you can see satellite imagery showing a strong storm, category two expected to strengthen to a category three before moving over island have of bermuda and then starting to move away. it will not impact the east coast of the united states but very dangerous storm for ber

mute a. we will see interesting satellite imagery from. that we will show you that next half an hour. overnight partly cloudy not as cool, 54 degrees. tomorrow's high 72, partly sun which that afternoon shower chance. you're witness weather three day forecast, well, tomorrow is warmest day 72 degrees. we will knock temperatures back friday and saturday but, with that said 65 and sunny still sound pretty darn nice to me for this time of the year. it will be a great, crisp, start to the weekend, and i'll tell you how long that last in the next half an hour. >> pretty can nice to me too. women helped cancer survivors get that part of they are selves that was lost forever. it thinks weeks story of brot letter i love in the next half april hour. and what happened to the fan at tim tebow's minor league baseball game that has some calling tim tebow a miracle worker. that feeling you have when you beat odd, inspirational story about a blind football player reaching his goal, that story next in

don bell joins us with quite a story. >> vin expiring. >> pretty good. looking forward to this one. imagine stepping on the football field like, right now, most likely, you you are not ready for 300-pound lineman to chase you down but 17 year-old marvin pierson is different, and he has taken on all challenges, here's pat gallen. >> a at pottstown high school their football team has one of the most special players in our region. >> my name is marvin pierson. i cannot the see but i can still kick butt on the football field. >> reporter: marvin cannot see or hear but that is not stopping him from doing what he loves. >> i want people to understand that you're able to overcome any obstacle that is in your path, whether it is, you know, a amputated body part, whether it is being blind, hearing impaired. >> reporter: helping him run through his obstacles are marvin's body guards, his guides, on and off the field.

drayton is his best friend and says every day with marvin is a lesson. >> we can teach people that no matter what you are going through there is always another side of it and they can do anything they put their mind to. >> reporter: zach is marvin's eyes and ears on the grid iron. >> i walk off, up and down the field, and i tell him, everything, what is going on, how the quarterback is lined up. i want to him him feel like he is knowing exactly what is going on. >> reporter: outside of football marvin is always on the go. >> i rest will, i play ball and run track, i rap, and i read a lot and i own 17 fantasy fat ball teams. >> seventeen. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: next year marvin hopes to attend temple and kutztown and plans to be a sports agent a cysttent principal and coach jeff delaney says no matter the situation marvin is always upbeat. >> he has that love of life. he walks through the hallway, he has always had a woman helping him walk through the hallway but he is having fun.

you need to have more and more fun in school. it is stressful. it is senior year. you would not know it. >> reporter: sum him up in one word. live. >> reporter: marvin is enjoying final months of high school and looking forward to the future which involves either temple or kutztown universities and then becoming a sports agent. from pottstown high school, pat gallen for "eyewitness news". thanks, pat. >> my man marvin i'm down with him. >> i love his energy. >> i'm rapping, wrestling and kicking butt. >> kicking butt. >> yes. >> love it. >> good story. thanks, both. janet jackson confirmed the rumor that some thought could this is possibly be true, inside scoop is next. water worries in local schools where lead level tests came back high. plus this. i'm who will any northern iraq where around 6,000 american troops are back here again gearing up to help the iraqis retake key sit the friday isis. then at 6:00 o'clock

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there are new concerns tonight about the safety of drinking water at more public schools, in our area. "eyewitness news" continues now at 5:30. hello everyone i'm ukee washington. aim jessica dean. trenton public schools found elevated levels of lead in three-quarters of its building. >> "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is in trenton with the details, cleve. >> reporter: ukee and jessica health officials say you should not drink water with more than 15 parts per billion

lead but here at arts high school there was one faucet that had 2,000 parts per billion lead. school district wants to know how bad the problem is and now they know. water testing shows 20 out of 26 trenton public school building have elevated lead levels in the the water fountain and faucets. several instances levels more than a thousand times above federal safety standard. >> unaudible. >> we need something done about it. >> reporter: school office are closed for jewish holiday but in the letter superintendent said when they found high lead levels district implemented interim remediation strategy such as taking faucet off line or permanent replacement of plumbing components. we asked governor christie about the capitol city's lead problem. >> we will do what we need to do to make sure kid get safe drinking the water and that is why we are doing testing and that is why i required testing to find out. >> reporter: this year state began requiring water testing at all public schools not just

daze care facilities which is old standard. aisles of trenton based community development and environmental organization has been raising flags about lead for decade h they say mostly because of old paint and partly because of water, children in 13 new jersey communities have more lead in their blood then children in flint, michigan, that includes trenton. he said schools need to do whatever necessary to get the lead out. >> we have to come to terms as a society because we're at a point now where it is expensive to not solve this problem. it will be expensive to solve the problem but it is really expensive not to solve the problem. >> reporter: school district said they turned off all fountains where people would normally drink where they could turn them off. some faucets they could not so they put do in the drink signs in case anyone were to mistakenly fill a water bottle or cup. so far they have not given out any bottled water to kids other than one spot where they temporarily shut down what the tore replace pipe. live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

we are following breaking news, now, authorities say a new jersey state trooper lost control of a patrol car and crashed in millville, cumberland county. chopper three is live over that scene along the 2400 block of main street. you can see that patrol car suffered significant damage. investigators tell "eyewitness news" that the trooper suffered minor injuries and that that car was the only vehicle involved in the crash. the causes under investigation and we will continue to get more information for you. u.s. troops are back in iraq as the country's army prepares for an assault on iraq's second largest city of mosul. correspondent holy williams got access to an air base where american advisors are helping iraqi forces prepare for battle with isis. >> reporter: 40 miles outside mosul, it is isis territory just over three months ago. now recaptured it is operated by 103rd airborne division, from fort campbell, kentucky. >> anything else going on. >> reporter: nearby camp, will

be the headquarters for the mosul battle, where officers from the u.s. coalition and iraq are working together. >> colonel breath sylvia did two tours of iraq after u.s. invasion in 2003 but he insists this time around american troops are not here for combat. yet we have seen american lose their lives here in the last few months. >> this is a combat environment, it is not to say it is in the dangerous here. >> reporter: colonel sylvia admitted that america's limited role here is sometimes frustrating. >> certainly things are easier when you are forward and you have rifle in your hand and you are maneuvering and you have great control over everything that you are doing. >> reporter: harder to help iraqis then to to it yourself. >> isn't that always the case. >> reporter: both u.s. offices say there are three to 5,000 isis fighters still inside mosul with around a million civilians effectively human shields and extremist are

laying explosives to protect themselves. holy williams, iraq. some of you may fine video in our next story disturbing, at least two people are dead, after a air strike hit a residential area in syria. eight year-old cried out for her father after rescuers pulled her there under the ruble of her home. he did this as paramedics treated her head and face injuries. she was rescued along with her family members but they somehow got separated. the eight year-old was reunited with her father later, the entire family is said to be okay. pope francis is once again asking foresees fire in syria, so that children and civilians can be evacuated. pope made at peel touring his general audience today, war in syria escalated since efforts collapsed, last month. entertainment news now janet jackson confirmed that

at 50 years old she's having a baby. >> lou agear joins us from l.a. with more on the stunning revelations, louie. >> reporter: ukee and jessica janet making it official, yes, she's pregnant at 50. >> she's doing wonderful. doctors orders, pretty much just bed rest at this point but she's doing really well. >> reporter: last weekend i talked to janet's close friend, jimmy jam who produced four of her number one hits and reunited with jackson for her musical come back album, unbreakable. she gave me a hint when we might meet her bundle of joy. >> probably this is next year would i say that. >> reporter: happy new year for janet. janet showing off her baby bump exclusively to people magazine speaking out for the first time saying that she felt blessed, glowing first time mother to be looks stunning wearing a white doctors and long white sweater cradling her growing belly. janet announced in april she was postponing her unbreakable world tour, to focus on

planning a family with her house band. that didn't stop miss jackson from promoting her new unbreakable diamond collection in june where it looks like she was trying to keep her baby bump under wraps. we will have so much more on this story in the on the insider. ukee and jessica, back to you. thanks, get all of your hollywood news tonight and week night at 7:30 watch insider right here on cbs-3. many people wear activity trackers claims to track your heart rate but are they accurate? in less than ten minutes we have results of the new study. plus one thing you can do to increase the accuracy of your own tracker. football player, baseball player and now miracle worker, tim tebow worked a miracle for a fan, kate? well, weekend is just about upon us, just a couple more days to go and it looks like a beautiful fall weekend.

saturday is cooler of the the two days but also the sunnier of the two days it will be in the 50's in the poconos, mid 60's saturday with full sun in the city and down the shore, on sunday just a few more clouds, call it partly mostly sunny but couple degrees warmer we will get near 70 in the city and shore and right around 60 in the poconos. all and all beautiful fall weekend to get outside we will be right

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some breaking business news, wells fargo ceo john stumpf resigned effective immediately this comes in the wake of the scandal over the bank's failed practices in which fraudulent accounts were opened. stumpf will relinquish his title as chairman. bank's chief operating officer tim sloan will succeed stumpf

as ceo. former nfl quarterback tim tebow comes to the aid of a man suffering a seizure. the mets minor league's signed to the arizona fall league in scottsleague tended to a man having a seizure. the seizure stopped, after tebow placed his hands, on the fan, and prayed. tebow stayed with the man until paramedics arrived. he is about people and prayer. >> yes. >> tim tebow. those activities trackers so many people wear, can you really track your heart rate? it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing

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new study questioning accuracy of wearable fitness trackes when it comes to monitors your heart rate. >> researchers put it to the test to see how well they work. when aaron hits the pavement for his daily walk, he makes sure his fit bit is monitoring his steps, and heart rate.

>> i am not an elite athlete, but i want to make sure something is beating and moving. >> reporter: new study from the cleveland clinic shows getting an accurate heart rate reading on the popular wrist devices can vary. >> people are increasingly relying on these monitors to record heart rates and they often become very concerned and anxious, when they obtain values, that appear completely out of the normal. >> reporter: researchers looked at four wearable wrist monitors including the fit bit, and apple watch. testing them side by side with a heart strap machine for and electro cardio gram or ekg, gold standard of heart rate testing. >> apple watch was more than 90 percent accurate while the fit bit was in the 80's in terms of the ab racecy and other two were in between. >> reporter: researchers say chest strap monitor readings were virtually identical to the ekg. dominic bestos is a marathon

runner and owns a fit bit. >> i spent money but i never use them. >> reporter: she says she prefers to measure her heart rate the old fashion way. fit bit says it stand by its heart tracking technology and adds that the trackers are not intended to be medical devices. that remind me, yes. >> you are always walking around in circles. >> i have 7,000 more steps you better take some laps. >> i will. >> okay. >> i like the test track and it is really accurate. it gives you a good sense of how fast your hearties beating and pack off if you are over doing it. i like that. >> you don't mind if i walk through your weather cast. >> we all know what you are doing. everyone knows, and understands. >> things are looking great out there, it continues to be, beautiful blue skies and nice temperatures, and great week. >> great night to go for a run or walk or get those steps in. do it outside. to temperatures, and sunnies going down at some point,

chilly past couple of nights. we will see temperatures bottoming out in the 50's tonight in philadelphia which is comfortable and back to the 70's tomorrow but how long will that warm up last? lets look outside right now and what a beautiful shot in the poconos. the look at fall foliage we are seeing those trees change colors reds, orange in the jack frost big boulder area. we have lots of sunshine in that region. everything is looking quiet right now but starting to see those trees, leaves change, even closer to philadelphia, late october, is when we generally peak as far air fall foliage is concerned. checking with our eyewitness weather watchers on a beautiful wednesday. they are loving it. temperatures in the upper 60's, 5 degrees warmer then yesterday, jenny janssen in cherry hill, 68 degrees now. she has a few clouds. dew point is 54. that is pretty comfortable but dew points are rising, humidity creeping upward as our front approaches from the west. my friend kyle higgins in hatboro horsham, 67 degrees. he has sunshine in his house. heading down in delaware we

are seeing upper 60's, sandor in newark 67 with some sun and sandor says outstanding fall day to be outside, warm sun, blue skies, seasonal temperatures, you just cannot beat it. what a great stretch it has been. look at these great fall pictures, phil, speaking of the leaves changing sending this one over in the neighborhood, mapel trees changing over. jane from ocean city sent in this shot of these clouds, beautiful day to sit outside and, of course, mums are in full bloom. if you haven't gotten your mums yet just about time to get them. the lots of those showing up in the region. the just great shots from our weather watchers, as always. looking outside on our live neighborhood network, this is down the shore, beach patrol headquarters in margate. we are at a great day at the beach. not all that wind toy day. temperatures have have been in the 60's and near 70s, waves are rolling in, great day to take a nice little stroll along the surf at the shore. storm scan three is clear but we have this front approaching from the west. we have been talking about this all week because out

ahead have of it we are getting a surge in temperatures and we are back to 07 today and back to 72 tomorrow but we will see showers coming through a couple spots tomorrow afternoon and then feel noticeable drop in temperature, heading in to friday and saturday. lets talk about our temperature averaging, today our average high in philadelphia is 68 degrees. by november 12th, the average high is only 58 degrees, and by december 12th the average high is 46 degrees. so, when we're talking about chilly with the temperature of 65 degrees take that with a big giant grain of salt because by december we will be excited to be in the 40's and that is coming up quickly. here comes our cold front tomorrow once it sweeps through this big cool canadian high builds in and we have weather on thursday, friday into saturday, quick look at nicole, this is a strong storm with a very, very large eye heading for bermuda and has been active season through today 14 named storms and six hurricanes, well above average. tonight 54 degrees, partly

cloudy, not as cool. fifty-four is your low. quick look at you're witness weather seven day forecast, great weather for komen three day and then we will warm up more next week, mid 70's, by next tuesday and wednesday. new back to you you. old city hair salon is giving cancer patients a piece of themselves they might have lost. >> this weeks story of brotherly lon trang do shows it is inspired by a father's memory. >> reporter: in this hair gallery in olde city a transformation is taking place. >> i'm measuring proportion toss her face. >> reporter: michelle law is giving breast cancer survivor erika mullen something that she lost three years ago her eyebrows. >> yes. >> reporter: tech nike is micro blading, popular in asia semi permanent cosmetic tattooing is now headaching its way to the you had. >> a lot of people cannot tell, it looks like your regular eye because hair. >> reporter: procedure

normally cost hundreds of dollars but law is offering service free to cancer survivors. it is tribute to her father john van law died of cancer six years ago. >> i didn't want to just donate honey or give honey and said okay, that is it, i'm done with it, i wanted people to come and look at themselves in the the mirror and actually have a sense of hope. >> you're okay, right. >> reporter: after numbing, they are shaped using small incisions which are filled in with vegetable based pigment. results cannulas from one to three years. >> i don't feel anything. weird. been a while but they look really good. >> they look natural. >> reporter: mullen, now three years cancer free said she is he grateful to see her old self in the mirror again. >> nice to know that maybe not have to wake up and do make up every morning, you know, gives you a little piece of you back. >> reporter: in olde city, trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> beautiful. we are always interested in hearing your stories of

brotherly love. >> go to cbs philly dot the come/brotherly to tell us about them. one of the best parts of the school is field trips. >> go the that right. >> we sent our vittoria woodill with a trip with local fifth graders. >> one, two, three. >> teamwork. >> we will see if they used teamwork as their trip to paradise farm, when we come right

who doesn't love a school field trip a fun way for students to get out to the classroom. >> that happened today for kids. our vittoria woodill went for a ride with the children at park side elementary school. >> reporter: wheels on the the bus go around and around and on the us about a great bunch of park side elementary fifth graders can be found. >> are we so pumped for to take. >> oh, yeah. >> i'm tagging with them to the paradise farms cam in

downingtown a 600-acre hand on haven for learning about nature, and one another. >> we're doing lots of team building, right? >> yes. >> we were going to get in the water. >> what? >> not knowing exactly what to expect, they did know what it will take to succeed. >> there is my hat. >> we hopped off bus and had a talk with mr. jim. >> hi everybody. >> talk about our goals. >> to learn, to work together and to have fun. those are the three big goals. you guys think you can do those by being here today. >> yes. >> we started with a half mile hike in the forest. >> do high best to be responsible and to be safe. >> same. >> you are man. >> once on location real challenges began. >> we are going ton doing something a little bit more difficult then your last activity, it is called people to people. >> people to people was an activity that push these ten year-olds out of their comfort zone testing their stomachs

when they switched to the couples with boys and girls. >> eager to make a run they learned a lesson about tough time. >> what do you think. >> yes. >> made it look like fun or something. >> do you think there was a reason why. >> yes. >> i might have done that. >> looking to be uncomfortable. >> i told you they were blight, resilient as they continue to work on challenges and see it through together. >> comes through here and there. >> yes. >> leaving one last mission to conquer. >> where is lunch. >> vittoria woodill for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i love that. >> if your child's class is going on a field trip and would like tor to you. attend reach her at facebook.com/vittoria woodill. >> that was fun. that is "eyewitness news"

at 5:00. >> now at 6:00. things are not always easy for camden raiders, at home or on the field but this week things got harder for first year of football program, as they were hit by vandals in the once but twice. i'm alexandria hoff and we will show you the damage. sick tim have no rights in this case. they have zero rights. but the thugs have all of the rights in the world. >> reporter: harsh word for up are darby's top cop, you height not believe who police are zeroing in on after several women are targeted in carjacking. >> it is a plan we already told but right here on "eyewitness news" and now mayor kenney is speaking out on possible changes to jeweler's row, kate. >> we have been enjoying beautiful stretch of fall weather this week but we will be dodging a few drops, tomorrow, as showers move through, and after this wonderful wednesday, can we expect a wonderful weekend? i'll tell you. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now.

again, i can the not really under score enough how much of a crime this vandalism was. >> a joy ride with devastating consequences, police say a youth football field destroyed and that is not the only act of of vandalism being investigated tonight. officials say field in camden was torn up by a driver doing doughnuts. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporterral sand that hoff is live in camden with what police are using, to catch these vandals. alex? >> reporter: well, first want to say repairs to the field have been taking place all day but it is still not safe to play on so right new you might be able to see behind me camden raiders are forced to practice in small patch of grass off to the side. it was never the finest field by any means, but it was their home turf and for that the camdende